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2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

KJV

οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ ἐκ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον, οἷς δὲ ὀσμὴ ἐκ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν. καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα τίς ἱκανός;

Greek NT

aliis quidem odor mortis in mortem : aliis autem odor vitæ in vitam. Et ad hæc quis tam idoneus ?

Vulgate

to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

ASV

To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἱκανός
ikanos
adjective · 40×
ὀσμή
osme
noun · 6×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἐκ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκ
  • ἐκSBLGNT
  • ἐκWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἐκ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκ
  • ἐκSBLGNT
  • ἐκWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth years of his age, passed at Carthage, when, having completed his course of studies, he is caught in the snares of a licentious passion, and falls into the errors of the Manichæans. Chapter 1. Deluded by an Insane Love, He, Though Foul and Dishonourable, Desires to Be Thought Elegant and Urbane. 1. To Carthage I came, where a cauldr…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 15:26 — And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
  • 1Cor 15:10 — But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 1Kgs 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
  • 1Pet 2:7 — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
  • 2Chr 2:6 — But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
  • 2Cor 3:5 — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
  • 2Cor 3:5 — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
  • Acts 13:45 — But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
  • Deut 1:12 — How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
  • Exod 3:11 — And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
  • Jas 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • Jer 23:29 — Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
  • John 9:39 — And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
  • Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
  • Prov 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.